Romans 11

11 ¹So I ask: our Papa don reject im people? E no go ever happen—me sef na Israelite, from Abraham im line, tribe of Benjamin. ²Our Papa no reject im people, wey he don sabi from before. Abi you no know wetin Scripture talk about Elijah, how he dey cry to our Papa against Israel? ³“Papa, dem kill your prophets, dem pull down your altars; na only me remain, and dem dey find my life.”

⁴God answer am: “I don keep 7,000 men for myself wey never bow knee to Baal.” ^a a v4 Baal na di chief Canaanite idol wey plenty people for Israel dey worship for Elijah im time.

⁵Na so e be for dis present time too—remnant dey wey he choose by grace. ⁶But if na by grace, e no be by works again; if not, grace no go be grace again.

⁷So wetin now? Israel no get wetin dem dey find; na di chosen ones get am, but di rest, dem heart harden. ⁸As dem write am: “Our Papa give dem spirit wey no dey wake, eyes wey no fit see and ears wey no fit hear, reach today.”

⁹And David talk say, “Make dem table turn to trap, to snare, to somtin wey go make dem fall, and payback for dem. ¹⁰Make dem eyes dark so dat dem no go fit see, and bend dem back forever.”

¹¹So I ask: dem stumble reach say dem fall finish? God forbid! Rather, dem failure bring salvation come to di Gentiles, to make Israel jealous. ¹²If dem sin rich di world, and dem failure rich di Gentiles, how much more dem full coming-in!

¹³Na una Gentiles I dey talk to: since I be apostle to di Gentiles, I dey honour my ministry, ¹⁴with hope say I fit somehow make my own people jealous and save some of dem. ¹⁵If dem rejection reconcile di world, wetin dem acceptance go bring if no be life from di dead? ¹⁶If di firstfruit holy, di whole batch holy too; if di root holy, di branches holy too. ¹⁷If dem break off some branches, and you, wey be wild olive shoot, dem graft you inside among dem, so you dey share di olive tree im rich root, ¹⁸no boast over di branches. If you do, na no be you dey carry di root—na di root dey carry you. ¹⁹Den you go say, “Dem break off branches so dat dem fit graft me in.” ²⁰True. Dem break dem off because dem no get faith; you dey stand by faith. No dey proud—rather fear. ²¹For if our Papa no spare di natural branches, he no go spare you sef. ²²So look our Papa im kindness and im hard side: hard side to dem wey fall, but kindness to you—if you continue for am; if not, dem go cut you off too. ²³And if dem no continue for dem no-faith, dem go graft dem in too—our Papa fit graft dem back in again. ²⁴If dem cut you from olive wey wild by nature, and against nature dem graft you into cultivated one, how much more dem go graft di natural branches back into dem own olive tree?

All Israel Go Save

²⁵Brothers and sisters, I no want make una no know dis mystery, so dat una no go dey wise for una own eyes: Israel heart harden small, until di full number of Gentiles come in.

²⁶So all Israel go save, as dem write am: “Di rescuer go come from Zion and comot evil from Jacob, ^b b v26 Di Deliverer wey dey come from Zion na Jesus—di rescuer wey our Papa promise through Isaiah, wey dey turn im people back from sin. ²⁷and dis go be my Covenant with dem, wen I take away dem sins.”

²⁸For di gospel side, dem be enemies because of una; but for di election side, our Papa love dem because of di fathers. ²⁹For di gifts and di calling of our Papa, he no dey take dem back. ³⁰For just as una one time no obey our Papa, but now una don receive mercy through dem disobedience, ³¹so dem too now no obey, so dat by di mercy wey una receive, dem too fit receive mercy now. ³²For our Papa don lock everybody inside disobedience, so dat he fit show mercy to all.

³³Oh, di deep-deep of di riches and di wisdom and di knowledge of our Papa! How e hard to search out im judgements, and how nobody fit trace im ways! ³⁴“For who don sabi di mind of our Papa, or who don be im counsellor? ³⁵Or who don give am gift wey he go need to pay back?” ³⁶For from am and through am and to am na everytin dey come. To am make di glory dey forever. Amen.